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History Made: Metal Made in Space Lands on Earth for the First Time
ESA has returned the first metal 3D-printed part made in space, a major step toward self-sufficient space missions. The first metal 3D-printed part ever manufactured in orbit has returned to Earth.
This Galaxy Was Mistaken for a Star Cluster – Then Hubble Revealed Its Tentacles
Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of astronomers over the centuries. Originally discovered in the 1700s by ...
Lost in the Glow: Hidden Galaxies That Could Rewrite the Universe’s Story
Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution. These faint, dusty galaxies were discovered using the deepest ...
Webb Captures a Planet’s Final Plunge Into Its Star – And It Wasn’t What Scientists Expected
Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from around the world compete for a chance to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Proposals go through ...
Scientists Witness Living Plant Cells Build Their Own Cell Walls for the First Time
In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists has captured the first live images. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...
A Signal Too Strange to Ignore – And It May Reveal a New Kind of Matter
Intriguing signs from CERN hint at a never-before-seen form of matter – one that could be the tiniest particle cluster ever detected. Top quarks, typically too short-lived to pair up, may have briefly ...
Secrets of the Green Sahara: Ancient DNA Reveals Lost North African Lineage
A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...
New Study: One or Two Days of Exercise May Offer Similar Health Benefits As Daily Workouts
Exercising just one or two days a week can reduce the risk of death as much as regular weekly workouts, as long as it totals ...
Shocking Spherules on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds a Rock That Defies Explanation
Perseverance just stumbled upon one of Mars’ weirdest rocks yet—a formation covered in dark, spherical shapes with mysterious ...
Sleeping Black Hole Erupts in Real Time – Blasting Out Record-Breaking X-Rays
A mysterious black hole in a distant galaxy just woke up after decades of silence—and it’s putting on a cosmic light show! ESA’s XMM-Newton and other X-ray telescopes are capturing massive bursts of ...
Earth’s Freshwater Is Suffocating: According to Scientists, It’s a Global Emergency
A new study reveals significant changes in the global freshwater oxygen cycle. Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren’t just beautiful features of the landscape, they’re vital to life on Earth.
New Study Shakes Up Heart Disease Theory: High Cholesterol May Not Mean High Risk
A one-year prospective study found no correlation between atherosclerosis and extremely high cholesterol levels in 100 otherwise metabolically healthy individuals who had followed a ketogenic diet for ...